Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4957, David Frost, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Frost, David Mary
W. 4957
CONTENTS

Ohio 3706
Mary Frost widow of David Frost
Nah who was a prisoner under the Act of and who died on the 3 rd May 1829 at Portage in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Selden of the Reg t commanded by Jackson in the War for 2 years
Entered on the Roll of Pittsburgh Pa at the rate of 80 Dollars and 62 1/2 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Expost of Pension issued the 1 st day of Aug t 1839 and sent to Thos Gause Franklin Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March $240 00 Semi-annual allowances ending 40. 00 $280. 00
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by Rezin Crane Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 217
Letter to J. Earl Prob. Master at Frank- lin, O. Sept 17. 1839. Pen cert info. by Prob. Master, and sent to Thos Earl Franklin Mills, O. Sept 27. 1839
Let. to J. Earl, June 24, 40.

11/11/41 Mary Frost, Application for Pension — Ohio Pits 3 agens
admitted P ~ 2 20 8 80 Capt Halden Col Jackson Miss
died 3 rd May 1825
Act July 3 88
Thomas Earl Franklin Ohio

State of Ohio } On this 3 d . day of September A.D. 1838. Portage Co } Personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio now sitting at Ravenna in the County of Portage Mary Frost a resident, of Franklin in the County of Portage aged Sixty three years, who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of David Frost, who was a soldier in the American Regiment, where he served three years as will be seen by the accompanying discharge. She further declares that, that, she was Lawfully married to the said David Frost at Saratoga Springs in the State of New York on the seventeenth of June in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and ninety three and that, her husband the aforesaid David Frost, died on the third day of May A.D. 1829 - and that, she has not been since married. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st of January 1794, to wit at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written Sworn to & subscribed } Mary Frost in open Court this 3 d . day of Sept. 1838. Geo. W. Kirkum Clerk }
The State of Ohio Portage County ss. In the Supreme Court Sept. Term 1838 — "Mary Frost's application for Pension — This day comes Mary Frost widow of David Frost late of Franklin in said County of Portage deceased and in open

Court on Oath makes the requisite Declaration to obtain the pension granted to widows of Revolutionary soldiers by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. And on examination of said Declaration and the accompanying evidence the Court are of opinion that said applicant is entitled to the Pension aforesaid -
It is therefore Ordered that the Declaration aforesaid and a copy of this entry be certified to the Commissioner of Pensions -
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of said Supreme Court do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration is the original Declaration filed in said Court by the said Mary Frost and referred to in the above journal entry, and that said journal entry is truly copied from the journal of said Court -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this fourth day of September A. D. 1838 Geo. Kirkum Clerk -
1825
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I Lavinia Bane of lawful age being duly sworn do on my oath depose and say that the reason why I remember that Mary Frost widow of Daniel Frost also now married to the said Daniel Frost on the seventeenth day of June A.D. 1793, are that the particular date has been fresh in my memory ever since, that the said Mary is my sister and is two years, two months and thirteen days older than myself which fact has been recollected by me from childhood and she was mar- ried before she was eighteen years old but after she was seventeen this circumstance perhaps had a tendency to impress the date upon my mind more strongly. The marriage took place at Saratoga Springs in the State of New York. Our father at the time kept a boarding house and had a great number of boarders. The parties did not wish to have the boarders present at the wedding and therefore retired into a room to which the boarders had not access where the marriage was solemnized under known to any of the boarders or members of the family except myself and William Bane now deceased, and no other persons were present except the parties and Ebenezer Kirby who solemnized the marriage. My sister Mary lived with said Daniel Frost from the time of their marriage before mentioned until his death. The said Daniel and Mary had ten children, seven of whom were living the last I heard from them, I have known them all except one which died in infancy. The oldest was Mary who married Jeremiah Church still since deceased and afterwards she married Robert Putman who now lives

in the town of Ulster in the state of New York Clinton County, the said Mary & Deborah Church- hill had one child, a daughter, with whom I am acquainted and I should judge to be about twenty years of age. The second child of the said Mary & Daniel Hart was Sarah, now the wife of Robert Hoag of Macon in said Clinton County. The third was David B. Hart now living in Michigan. Eliza was the fourth & is now the wife of John Anderson of Rootstown in the County of Portage. Ohio. Harriet now the wife of Thomas Earl was the fifth. Sarah now living with her mother was the sixth and Reuben now living in Franklin in the County of Portage Ohio is the youngest now living. He is a man of family his oldest child if it had lived would have been four years old in October last. I do not remember the ages of any of the children of the said David & Mary Hart which is the reason of stating the ages of the children of the oldest and youngest.
My sister Mary had no children till she had been married about three years.
I am the daughter of William Barr since decd. my husband is Justus Barr of Brimfield in the County of Portage, Ohio. I have had eleven children six of whom are dead.
The marriage of the said David & Mary Hart was with the consent of her parents but they did not know the precise time when it took place till afterwards although it was in the same house where they were, it took place while the rest of the people in the house were at supper.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of April, AD 1839
J. M. Cochrane Justice of the peace in & for the County of Portage, Ohio

Ray  WIDOW, &c.  aw
File No. 4957
Mary Frost Wid.
David Frost Port Royal, line
Act: July 1838
Index:—Vol. 4 Page 252
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The State of Ohio, PORTAGE COUNTY, ss.
{ I William Cottman Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Portage, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that S. W. Cochran Esquire, before whom the foregoing and an- nected Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace -- in and for said coun- ty, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the fore- going signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna, this eighteenth day of April A. D. 1839 William Cottman Jr. CLERK.

Mary Frost widow of David Ohio
Suspended
See let. 9 th Oct. 1838 to Thos. Earl, Sec. to same Oct. 27. 1838.
Act 7 July 1838

Apr 22
Ohio
2222 Ohio Ave
Mary Frost
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension office War Department Washington D.C.

Franklin Mills Postage 60 Ohio April 16 th 1839
Sir
Enclosed I send you the additional deposition of Lavinia Burt on the subject of the Marriage of David Frost and Mary Frost who is now a widow and who you will see referred to your files is an applicant for a pension. I trust this so far will be satisfactory. I have delayed thus long in addressing you again that I might get some further information from the State of N. York, but after all my exertions have been able to find no records. The family records were lost at the time they immigrated to Ohio. David Frost had an older brother who served with him in the same regiment if living he is probably a pensioner, his name is Aaron Frost. Although I have used much diligence I have not been able to find where he last lived or whether he is yet alive. The last that we learn of him is that he went somewhere into the western part of the State of N. York. — Now with this information and it is all I can obtain, will you see whether there are not Army records enough left to establish the fact that David Frost was a soldier of the revolution and was honorably discharged after three years service if you find this so I think that you will not fail to find from the papers that I have sent that Mary Frost is entitled to a pension.
Yours Respectfully
J. G. Edwards Esq.
Thomas Earle
P.S. Please inform me as soon as may be after the reception of this what your final decision is upon this application.

Y J. Edward Comm. of Pension,
The Post Master, Franklin, Ohio
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War Department, Pension Office, September 17. 1839
Sir,
Be pleased, immediately on the receipt hereof, to return to this Office a package which was addressed on or about the 1 st ult o to Thomas Earl, Esq., Franklin, Ohio.
I am, very respectfully, Your ob t Serv t . J. B. Edwards
Franklin Oct 22 1839.
In accordance to your Request I have Enclosed the letter on Paper addressed to Thomas Earl Esq r your Trusty James McLean P.M.
The Post Master, Franklin Ohio.

Sept 27 } Peranklen o } Sept 22 }
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See reply
L D Edwards Pension Office Washington City D C

J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions
Thomas Earl Esq r Franklin Ohio

David Frost Soldier in the American Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given
the
By the General's Command
C. Selden Capt.
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Selden Sergeant
FROST, DAVID (MASS.) W 4957

Franklin Hills O h July 5. 1838.
Free
Sept 11 7 July 1838. 1411 Ohio
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Franklin August 5 th 1838 Portage Co.
Yrs
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mary Frost, - the affidavits of the tortures of the marriage and the discharge of David Frost from the army - Owing the discharge of David Frost of sufficient evidence of service I have not thought necessary to forward any other. I will merely remark that he never applied for pension during his life because he had just about enough property to exclude him according to the old pension acts - Will you please write as soon as you have investigated this matter, as the Widow needs immediate assistance from her country if she is to receive it.
Yours Respectfully Thomas. Earle
Hon J. B. Edwards Comm. of Pensions -

Oct 27
Frank H. H. H. Oct 21
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Can:
Mary Frost Ohio - Sus.
Genl. J. U. Brown General of Infantry Washington City D. C.

Franklin Mills Oct. 22 d 1838.
Your letter of the 9 th inst. is before me, stating that the application of Mary Frost for a pension is placed among the suspended cases. You say that it should be shown in what company, Regiment and line her husband served. I forwarded to you a discharge showing that he belonged to the American Regiment, and I supposed by referring to the rolls of that Regiment, her name might be found — I think he was discharged at the close of the war, some years before his death he showed me the discharge in the condition it now is and told me the other part had been lost some years also that he entered the service at about 17 years of age and served several campaigns. The only reason that he did not apply for a pension during his life was that his property in his own estimation amounted to a trifle more than that specified by law as a disqualification for a pension. It is beyond the power of the widow to offer you any better proof of service than this — as she does not know of any living comrade in arms of his or of any living acquaintance of that time. —
You say that the testimony of only one witness is exhibited to prove the time of that marriage. She testifies positively to the precise time and place — and that she is the only living witness of the marriage, how then could any other be adduced. — She might, if required give

the reasons why she knew that the marriage took place at that particular time, and why the marriage ceremony was attended by only one other person, and the justice who performed the ceremony both since dead. The fact itself was deemed sufficient to set forth in the affidavit; if it is not, please to say whether you will have the subject matter in retial. — In the State of N. York there is or was there no regular provision to preserve the record of marriages consequently none can be found — There was once a family record of marriage and births of children on the blank leaf of a family bible but that leaf is gone from the bible and has been for 12 years to my knowledge and how much longer I do not know. Probably left behind when the family emigrated to the western Country. Some of the children living in the State of N. York probably have a record of their ages taken from this record — if that would afford you any light on the subject say so. —
In conclusion I have only to say that I have no doubt from my whole knowledge of the whole subject that Mary Frost is fairly and honestly entitled to a pension under the late Law of Congress giving pensions to certain widows — If from the lapse of time and other circumstances she is unable to send you satisfactory testimony of her right to a pension, or if testimony that seems amply sufficient to me — seems neither sufficient nor satisfactory to you — it is a misfortune and she must abide by your decision, and hereafter rely upon her God and her industry for a support through old age —

As I have made some statements in this letter with regard to facts and as you are wholly unacquainted with me or my character I would refer you to Mr. Richard Esqr. Solicitor of the General Land Office with whom I have had some slight acquaintance during his residence in this country - Let me hear your final decision as soon as may be Yours Respectfully
Thomas. Earl
Genl. Edwards Esqr Commr of Pensions -
P.S. Please be particular to direct to "Franklin Mills at Portage Co Ohio" >

State of Ohio ss. Personally appeared before me S. W. Cochrane Portage Co. ss. a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Portage Levina Barr of Brimfield in said county who having been first duly sworn on her said oath doth depose and say, that on the seventeenth of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, at Saratoga Springs in the State of New York, she was present, when David Frost and Mary Barr were lawfully united in marriage and that the only other witnesses present, her brother and the Justice who performed the ceremony are both since dead. She further deposeth and says that she knows of no record of the marriage at this time either public or family record and she fully believes there is none - She further says that the said David Frost was reputed to be a soldier of the Revolution and according to the best of her recollection he died in the spring of the year 1829. She further says that the same Mary Frost who is now applying for a pension is the widow of the said David Frost, and that she has not been married to any person since his death, and further this deponent saith not.
Levina Barr
Subscribed and sworn to before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the township of Franklin and the County of Portage aforesaid the twenty ninth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and I do certify that I am acquainted with the said Levina Barr that her character for truth and veracity is good and her statement may be relied upon. S. W. Cochrane Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio } I Geo. Wirkum Clerk of the Portage County ss. } Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Solomon W. Cochran Esq. who in his own proper hand writing has subscribed the within certificate was at the time of making said certif- icate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are given due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of September A. D. 1838 - Geo. Wirkum Clerk

Many Thanks
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War department Washington City -

Franklin Mills Patsy Co Ohio Sept 11 th 1839
Dear Sir
Permit me to inquire once more what disposition has been made of the application of the Widow Mary Frost for a pension.
Respectfully Yours
Thomas Earle
J. C. Edwards Esq
3706. May 1 st act 38

April 19/46
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May Street. Ohio
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Adult Case
Franklin, O. J. M. Campbell Post Office Mason Office Washington City
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Franklin Mills March 30 th 1846 Portage Co. O.
Dear Sir
Mary Frost Widow of David Frost a Soldier of the revolution drew a pension from the Government from 1836 to 1841 under the act granting pensions to widows for five years. She died in August 1842 - are her children entitled to the pension from the 4 th of March 1841 up to the time of her death? I cannot satisfy myself whether the law extending these pensions for five years longer left an interval between the expiration of the old pension and the beginning of the new one.
What has been done in the case of Sarah Gaylord.
Please write soon Respectfully yours
Thomas Earl